MEDIUM/LARGE VARIETIES
ABIES firma GOLDEN HUE
A sturdy and very hardy well branched robust cultivar of the Japanese Fir . The needle foliage is a bright golden-yellow that does not suffer sun damage . The plant becomes an upright pyramid of medium size . Pollen and seed cones are a dark red colour and appear in spring .
ABIES procera GLAUCA
Fast growing selection that quickly becomes a superb garden showpiece . The needle foliage is a beautiful bright blue and covers the branch and branchlet structure on this eventual tall and imposing feature plant . Cones are usually produced on young plants . Choice large variety .
CALOCEDRUS decurrens AUREOVARIEGATA
A truly spectacular specimen plant for those who like variegated plants . Tall and columnar in outline when established with dark green flattened sprays of foliage liberally splashed with bright golden-yellow variegation . Easily grown and very hardy . Bushy rounded habit when young .
CEDRUS atlantica AUREA ROBUSTA
This reasonably vigorous pyramidal tree has yellow-golden needle like foliage with an undertone of light blue . Spring growth is a brighter yellow-gold and by the summer months the colouring has become more muted . Makes a top class specimen tree if space permits . Very hardy and thrives in non- tropical areas .
CEDRUS atlantica GLAUCA
A deservedly very popular large and symmetrical specimen tree . The needle foliage is an impressive light blue that brightens in new growth . Not a choice for small spaces as this beauty is capable of an impressive size after many years of growth in reasonable growing conditions . Will always draw favourable comments from people viewing plants several years of age that have been positioned in open landscape settings .
CEDRUS atlantica GLAUCA FASTIGIATA
Tall densely branched upright growing specimen with grey-blue short needle foliage . This not commonly available selection is a variety well worth planting if a large accent sentinel is wanted . Mature plants are spectacular and have a height to width ratio of around four to one .
CEDRUS atlantica SILBERSPITZ
An uncommon form of the Atlantic Cedar with an upright growing and bushy habit of growth . Needle foliage is grey-blue changing to an odd grey-cream in autumn and springs new growth emerges a creamy-white colour . When established and well grown makes a good feature .
CEDRUS deodara BUSH'S ELECTRA
Clothed in bright silver-blue needle foliage this medium sized pyramidal plant is a rare selection that is very hardy and well worth a position in any larger garden able to supply average soil conditions . Plantings once established for a few years are very eye catching . Like most true Cedars , light pruning to improve density on younger specimens can be undertaken without damage to the plants .
CEDRUS deodara NANA AUREA
Another upright and neatly conical form of the Himalayan Cedar . The bright golden-yellow needle foliage of this choice form is densely arranged on the many slightly weeping branches . Long lived , hardy and can readily be used successfully as a stand alone lawn specimen as it does not burn in a full sun position .
GLYPTOSTROBUS pensillis
Commonly known as the Chinese Pond Cypress this deciduous and bushy upright growing tree has sea green cord like foliage that turns a pinkish-orange in autumn at leaf drop . It can be planted in average garden positions and has the capability of thriving in wet areas without damage . Choice but not often available .
LARIX kaempferi BLUE RABBIT
A stunning form of the Japanese Larch with unusual light blue , soft to the touch needle foliage . It is a narrow conical and upright reasonably fast grower . Not a choice for warm and humid coastal areas . A yellow-gold colour change occurs in autumn before the foliage is shed . A good appealing selection .
METASEQUOIA glyptostroboides GOLD RUSH
Very bright golden-yellow soft feathery foliage adorns this Dawn Redwood selection . Autumn foliage changes to rusty-red colouration before leaf drop . The original green species is an exceptionally fast growing thirty plus metres tree but this garden cultivar although reasonably fast growing will not reach those lofty heights . Superb as an avenue multiple planting or as a stand alone choice . Handles wetness .
PICEA abies AUREA JAKOBSEN
Neat and narrow pyramidal medium sized Norway Spruce with yellow-gold needle foliage . The golden foliage colour is displayed mainly on the top sides of its branches where sunlight strikes it . Average growth rate on this selection that performs happily in full sun positioning .
PICEA abies CUPRESSINA
Dark green needle foliage heavily clothes the many vertical branches on this very choice narrow and columnar form of the Norway Spruce . The outline of this selection is very much cigar shaped . A very striking accent feature plant . Once established in average conditions , it can grow fairly rapidly . Like the overall majority of Spruce will not be happy in wet or poorly draining soils and positions of heavy shade .
PICEA engelmannii GLAUCA
A large , fast growing , once established in suitable conditions , very imposing stand alone specimen plant . The dense needle foliage of this plant is a striking light blue colour that usually is not come across on what is normally known as Blue Spruces . Branch structure is evenly distributed over this tall pyramidal selection that must rate as one of the best lawn specimens available that will surely raise comments .
PICEA mariana AUREA
Known as the Black Spruce this cultivars family is very hardy and covers a wide range of soil and climate conditions in its native habitat . Densely pyramidal in shape with a medium growth rate and having needle foliage of a subtle not glaring blueish-yellow that becomes more golden in new growth . Top specimen pick .
PICEA omorika AUREA
A narrow upright growing pyramidal selection of the Serbian Spruce . Needle foliage is a pleasant yellow-gold overlaid on blue-green inner growth . Foliage colour intensifies in new growth and younger plants can sometimes suffer sun damage , this problem becomes rarer as the plant establishes .
PICEA orientalis SKYLANDS
Tall elegantly pyramidal and neatly branched selection of the Oriental Spruce . Foliage is bright golden-yellow on the short needles . When in flower , red strobili , and showing the purple cones it produces the attraction increases . Like many golden forms of Conifers can suffer from sun damage on the foliage . This problem is overcome easily by siting young plantings in some northern shade .
PICEA pungens BABY BLUEYES
A truly classical Blue Spruce with an evenly conical shape and a strangely spelt name .The needle foliage is a brilliant sky blue on the numerous branchlets and the overall growth is fairly dense . Can perform as a stand alone specimen plant or in mixed group garden setting . Very hardy .
PICEA pungens BLUE TOTEM
Bright blue showy needle foliage is densely arranged on the many vertical branches of this narrow and columnar form of the Colorado Blue Spruce . This hardy , choice selection is very suitable as a singular accent plant or for placing in a mixed Conifer planting . Once settled it becomes a fast growing quality specimen .
PICEA pungens THOMSEN
Robust and fast growing selection with very bright silvery-blue needle foliage . This plant is a standout and possibly the best Blue Spruce For use as a larger garden specimen . Like most of the Spruce family ( Picea ) not great performers in warm and humid areas . A very eye catching plant when grown well .
PICEA sitchensis AUREA
Initially a slow growing dense pyramidal selection that over time will become a large plant . Foliage is needle like , sharp to the touch and coloured yellowish-green . This is not the fabled plant from British Columbia of the Haida Indians , but is still a selection of some merit and value .
PINUS densiflora AUREA
A bushy upright growing open tree form with a flat top . The longish needle foliage is a greenish-yellow colour and the yellow tone intensifies in the colder season . The bark on younger growth is a very noticeable orange that contrasts well with the foliage . A good non obtrusive selection .
PINUS nigra GOLDFINGER
Slow growing and bushy in appearance when young but soon maturing into a medium tree form with an upright open habit of growth . Long needle foliage is golden-yellow and produced heavily throughout the branching . Needs to be planted in an open full sun position for best colour .
PINUS parviflora GLAUCA
This becomes a large and bushy form of the Japanese White Pine and is often as wide as high when it is established . The foliage is a bright blue on mid sized needles . The production of numerous cones amongst the foliage is normal for this selection and tends to add to its overall appeal . A very hardy and easy to grow plant if given good conditions such as well drained soil and adequate amounts of sunlight .
PINUS strobus FASTIGIATA
Eventually a tall narrow upright specimen with soft grey-green needle type foliage . Fast growing and very hardy form of American origin . The numerous branches that all grow vertically help to increase the density and give it a Poplar like out line . Happy in full sun in average soil conditions .
TAXODIUM distichum MEKKEN'S GOLD
This rare form eventually becomes a large growing deciduous tree that will thrive in wetter conditions and also will be happy in average garden sites . The foliage is soft and feathery and is distinctly yellow-gold in new growth , as the new growth hardens off it fades to green . It is from the family of plants commonly seen in the American Everglades , known as Swamp Cypresses . Foliage turns a rusty red before leaf drop .